Old house on a running hill ramshackle yard to run in
She was sent by her mother’s ghost while her father searched for tears
Downstairs on the dressers edge late at night a face appears
Thin eyed like a reptile tongue you are my own little death
Every night to be amazed
We recognize the devils face in the one you love
Down the daylight basement stairs through the hills the shadow
At the back the wall is bare the portrait of a child so fair
We repeat the age old rhyme ouija ouija tell me will I live before I die?
Downshift on the razor’s edge silent hearts will make you shiver
All the voices in our head dark trees run to the river
Praise god if you know the score smoke-screen to guard the basement door
Down here in bardo’s light in the cycles days and years
Every night to be amazed
We recognize the devils face
We repeat the age old rhyme ouija ouija tell me will I live before I die?
credits
from Holy Demos Future Demos,
track released May 14, 2021
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